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November 18[edit]

Message from Binksternet[edit]

I recently made verifiable edits to the Wikipedia page for the artist Nas. Every edit I made had sources already listed on the page. The links I added about the artist works have there own individual page with no links to the main page; I just added the links to the main page for the artist Nas.

My edits were changed, I was accused of vandalism and I received this message from the user "Binksternet"

"Do not use multiple IP addresses to vandalize Wikipedia, like you did at Nas. Such attempts to avoid detection or circumvent the blocking policy will not succeed. You are welcome to contribute constructively to Wikipedia but your recent edits have been reverted or removed. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Binksternet (talk) 01:24, 18 November 2018 (UTC)"

I am not using multiple IP addresses this is a home laptop.

There are indeed a lot of updates that can be made at the page "Nas" That I have have verifiable sources for.

What is your guidance for this issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.81.150.25 (talk) 01:50, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This person used another IP address to make this similar series of edits. I have reason to believe these Philadelphia IPs are part of the case known as Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Dog and rapper vandal. Binksternet (talk) 14:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've semi-protected this article for what is about the eighteenth time Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:00, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Referring magazine content not available online: any suggestions ?[edit]

Hi guys, for an editing project I want to refer content not available online for which I have full access to the printed material. Is it Ok to upload the corresponding images onto a repository such as Scribbs and use the corresponding link as a citation? If not, do you have suggestions as to how to proceed ? Thanks. Neuralia (talk) 16:04, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, you don't need to do that, unless it's massively contentious. You can use Template:Cite magazine or Template:Cite journal (for scientific journals etc.) in the article. Black Kite (talk) 16:08, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Neuralia: Don't upload the material if it is copyrighted. That would be a copyright violation, and then by our rules you are not supposed to link to a web page that is a copyright violation. If the material meets our criteria as a reliable source (WP:RS) that is theoretically accessible to a member of the general public, (e.g., a magazine that is likely to be available in some library somewhere on the planet) you can cite it. If this material is a primary source or is not a published source, you cannot cite it -Arch dude (talk) 04:52, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Correct way to add table information[edit]

Hello,

I'm looking to make a contribution with some table based information like what is found in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_Kingdom#Scotland (Scotland weather averages, etc). I know that WikiData is supposed to be the source of structured data, but looking through it seems to deal more with relational information. Is there a repository to put table information, or is it just included in the markup on the page?

Thank you, RBAnderson (talk) 17:53, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It should be included in the page mark up. Ruslik_Zero 19:55, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Use of brackets in data entries on Wikipedia[edit]

Hi, I am confused about the use of brackets in the electron affinity tables on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_affinity_(data_page) for example 0.754 195(19) for Hydrogen. What do the brackets mean in this context? A volunteer on the irc channel suggested error margin, but that confused me further since error margins are usually written as + or - a number, I had guessed raised to the power, but that doesn't make sense for the values. Please help. 217.210.227.196 (talk) 18:13, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

0.754 195(19) means 0.754 195 ± 0.000 019. The digits right before the parentheses may vary by the amount in the parentheses. See Uncertainty#Measurements. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:35, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Second Opinion[edit]

Hey, I've been cleaning up articles and trying to get rid of tags. I thought I'd added enough info and sourcing on this article, Jena Rose, but an editor thinks not. I'm interested in a second opinion, since I feel like the editor's standards are too high. Thanks!'loneagain (talk) 19:14, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@'loneagain: It's actually called "third opinion". See Wikipedia:Third opinion. -Arch dude (talk) 04:39, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]